Chapter 1 Flashcards
The systems, methods, or conventions by which the movies communicate with the viewers.
cinematic language
What is Film meaning ?
have a motion pictures that critics and scholars consider to be more serious or challenging
What is the Movies meaning ?
entertain the masses at the multiplex
Shots meaning ?
- In an edited film, an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of the camera that lasts until it is replaced by another shot by means of a cut or other transition. 2. During the pre-production and production process: a specific arrangement of elements to be captured in a particular composition from a pre-determined camera position
Editing
the basic creative force of cinema, the process by which the editor combines and coordinates individual shots into a cinematic wholes
storyboards
A shot-by-shot breakdown that combines sketches or photographs of how each shot is to look and written descriptions of the other elements that are to go with each shot, including dialogue, sound, and music.
blocking
The actual physical relationships among figures and settings. Also, the process during rehearsal of establishing those relationships.
cut
- the act of an editor selecting an in point and an out point of a shot as part of the editing process; 2. a direct change from one shot to another as a result of cutting; that is, the precise point at which shot A ends and shot B begins; 3. an edited version of a scene or film, as in a “rough cut”.
close-up
CU
A shot that often shows a part of the body filling the frame—traditionally a face, but possibly a hand, eye, or mouth
fade-out / fade-in
A transitional devise in which the first shot fades out (gets progressively darker) until the screen is entirely black. After a moment, the succeeding shot fades in (becomes increasingly exposed). Fades often imply a passage of time
low-angle shot
Also known as low shot. A shot that is made with the camera below the action; it typically places the observer in a position of inferiority.
cutting on action
Also known as match-on-action cut. A continuity editing technique that smooths the transition between shots portraying a single action from different camera angles. The editor ends the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and begins the subsequent shot at approximately the same point in the matching action.
protagonist
The primary character whose pursuit of the goal provides the structural foundation of a movie’s story
point of view (POV)
The position from which a film presents the actions of the story; not only the relation of the narrator(s) to the story, but also the camera’s act of seeing and hearing. The two fundamental types of cinematic point of view are omniscient and restricted.
duration
A quantity of time. In any movie, we can identify three specific kinds of duration: story duration (the time that the entire narrative arc—whether or not explicitly presented on-screen—is implied to have taken), plot duration (the time that the events explicitly shown on-screen are implied to have taken), and screen duration (the actual time elapsed while presenting the movie’s plot; that is, the movie’s running time)
dolly in
Slow movement of the camera toward a subject, making the subject appear larger and more significant. Such gradual intensification is commonly used at moments of a character’s realization or decision or as a point-of-view shot to indicate the reason for the character’s realization
